Scarf-pin



(No Model.)

0. O. PARTRIDGE.

SCAR]? PIN.

Patented May 29, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. PARTRIDGE, OF HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS.

SCARF-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,610, dated May 29, 1894.

Application filed August 29, 1893. Serial No. 484,271. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES C. PARTRIDGE, a citlzen of the United States, and a resident of Hyde Park, Norfolk county, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scarf-Pins; and my preferred manner of carrying out the invention is set forth in the following full, clear, and exact description, terminating with claims particularly specifying the novelty.

Th s invention relates to jewelry, and more especially to that class thereof known as pins for usein the scarf or elsewhere; and the obect of the same is to providean improved safety device which will prevent such a pin {rotm becoming accidentally displaced and To this end the invention consists in the construction hereinafter more fully described, and as lllustrated in the drawings, wherein- Eigure 1 is a rear elevation of this device 1n 1ts normal position of partsbefore it is at tached. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal secnon of a scarf, showing the pin in the act of belng attached thereto.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, B s the back plate to which the setting or jewel 1s attached in any suitable manner, as well understood in the art, and p p are two (more or less) small sharp prongs projecting upward from and above the upper end of this plate and rigidly carried thereby. These prongs may be supported in any suitable manner, but 1n the presentinstance I have shown them as rising from a small collar C which is brazed or soldered to the back of the plate B near the upper end of the latter and along its trans verse center. .Below said collar and in alignment therewith is preferably formed an independent eye I, also rigidly supported by the plate; although the collar might be longer and the eye dispensed with if preferred.

The letter P designates the pin proper which 1s of the usual construction excepting that near its upper end it has an enlargement E standlng normally about flush with the lower end of the plate; and above this point the body of the pin passes loosely through the eye I and then through the collar C. The latter is provided with a vertical slot V, and from the pin projects a pin, stud, or lug L which slides in said slot and thus limits the vertical movement of the pin as well as preventing disconnection of-parts.

S is an expansive spring coiled around the pin between the enlargement E and the eye I-or the lower end of the collar, if the latter be longer than shown and the eye is omitted.

The parts are of any desired materials, sizes, shapes, and ornamentation; and considerable'change in the precise details may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In applying the pin as by inserting it in a scarf, the operator grasps the plate B in his hand taking care not to prick himself on the prongs 10, and forces the pin P into place in the usual manner-this act, however, compressing the spring S automatically and sliding the collar C down on the pin P until the lug L strikes the upper end of the slot V. When the pin P has been pushed home as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the upper end of the plate is borne to the rear and the tips of the prongs p pressed slightly into the material of the scarf or other garment. The device is then released, and the expansive force of the spring S causes the plate B to move upward on the pin P and the prongs p to enter the scarf in a direction exactly opposite to that taken by the pin P as it was inserted. Thereafter the device cannot be removed by any upward pressure on the plate B because the prongs 1) would only be pushed thereby farther into the fabric; norcan it be removed by a downward pressure because the pin P prevents. Hence it is secured in place in such manner that it cannot become accidentally detached. To remove it from place, however, the operator or wearer first presses the plate B downward until the tips of the prongs p are drawn out of the fabric, after which the plate and prongs are borne bodily forward so that their tips shall clear the fabric entirely; and the-whole is then drawn upward as will be clear. The slot and lug prevent the pin from turning axially in the collar as Well as from becoming displaced therefrom.

What is claimed as new is 1. In a pin for scarfs and the like, the combination with the jewel plate having a vertical collar, secured to its rear face, and prongs rigidly secured to said collar and projecting upwardly above the plate; of the pin sliding in said collar and projecting downwardly be low the plate,'an'd means for causing the normal sliding of the pin in a direction away from the prongs, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a pin for scarfs and the like, the combination with the jewel plate, prongs rigidly connected with and projecting above the plate, and a vertical collar secured rigidly to the rear face of said plate and having in its rear wall an upright slot closed at'both ends; of the pin sliding in said collar and projecting downwardly below the plate, a lug on the pin sliding in said slot, and a spring hearing the pin normally downward, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a pin for scarfs and the like, the combination with the jewel plate, prongs rigidly connected with and projecting above the plate, and on the rear face of the plate a collar near its upper end and an eye near its lower end, the collar and eye standing in vertical alignment; of the pin sliding in said collar and eye and having an enlargement below the latter, said pin projecting below the plate in a direction opposite to the prongs, means for preventing the displacement of the pin, and an expansive spring coiled on the pin between the eye and enlargement, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a pin for scarfs and the like, the combination with the jewel plate, upwardly projecting prongs carried thereby, and on the rear face of the plate a collar provided wlth a vertical slot, and below the collar an eye in vertical alignment therewith of the pin sliding in said collar and eye and having an enlargement below the latter, an expansive spring coiled on the pin between the eye and enlargement, and a lug projecting from said pin and moving in said slot, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my signature on this the 2d day of August, A. D. 1893.

CHARLES C. PARTRID GE. 

